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What the Frig??? - 10/15/2003 11:54:01 AM

Darkchylde

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I have a 99 3.8. Everytime I come to a stop my idle drops below 500 and wants to stall. I checked my TPS and all the connections around it still nothin. You guys havin the same problem or do I have gremlins?

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What the Frig??? - 10/15/2003 12:10:36 PM

mdvaldosta

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clean the IAT sensor with brake cleaner

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What the Frig??? - 10/15/2003 12:23:07 PM

Darkchylde

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Cool I'll give that a shot. Is that a typical problem even with the 8's?

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What the Frig??? - 10/15/2003 5:09:51 PM

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what was the tps reading? go ahead and clean the throttle body as well as the egr,

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What the Frig??? - 10/15/2003 11:31:57 PM

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Thanks for the advice I'll check those next. My tps reading was 0.7 volts. My book said this was ok. Sound about right? Went ahead and cleaned tha IAT just like Mdvaldosta said, seems to help a little.

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What the Frig??? - 10/15/2003 11:35:11 PM

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Cleaning the Throttle body and egr valve like vfast said will be beneficial too mdvaldosta37909.9838657407

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What the Frig??? - 10/16/2003 10:27:32 AM

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nope tps need to be .95-97

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What the Frig??? - 10/16/2003 9:16:16 PM

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I'm gonna work on this over the weekend. I'll shot you guys a post and let you know how it all works out. Thanks again for all the advice.

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What the Frig??? - 10/16/2003 10:41:44 PM

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[QUOTE=vfast]nope tps need to be .95-97[/QUOTE]

I posted that above originally too but I edited it out real quick lol cause I wasnt sure if it was the same on the 3.8's as the 5.0's. Glad to see it is.

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What the Frig??? - 10/16/2003 10:43:57 PM

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Could be the idle air control also,they stick sometimes.

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